William Wells

Bef 1742 - 1819  (> 76 years)

• Name	William Wells
  Born	Bef 16 Nov 1742	, , Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	16 Nov 1742	Thirsk, , Yorkshire, England   [2]
  AltBirth	1746  [3]
  AltDeath	1819	Point de Bute, , New Brunswick, Canada   [1]
  Died	27 Apr 1819
  Obituary	12 Jul 1819	Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada   [3]
  	Halifax Journal
  	Obituary WELLS, William At Westmoreland, in the 74th year of his age, WILLIAM WELLS, Esq.; he was one of the first settlers that emigrated to this Province from Yorkshire, and has long maintained a very respectable character. He has left a progency of nealy one hundred.
  Buried	Point de Bute Cemetery, Point de Bute, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada
  		William Wells (1742 - 1819) In Memory / of William Wells Esq / who died the 27th April / 1819 Aged 77 years / Farewell vain world / I knowed enough of the / and now am carless / what thou sayest of me / what falts you see in me / take care to shun / look well at home / enough there to be done /
  Person ID	I9400	Arthur - Research
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	William Wells,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Jane Cliff,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F6039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Dobson,   b. 3 Apr 1747, Arncliffe, , Yorkshire, England ,   d. 13 Apr 1832, , Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	15 Feb 1767/8	Thirsk, , Yorkshire, England
  Children	1. George Wells,   b. 14 Nov 1768, , , Yorkshire, England ,   d. 1841  (Age 72 years)   2. Mary Wells,   b. 14 Oct 1770, , , Yorkshire, England ,   d. 29 Apr 1839, Baie Verte, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 68 years)   3. Jane Wells,   b. 4 Nov 1772,   d. 15 Apr 1773, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States  (Age 0 years)   4. Jane Wells,   b. 28 Feb 1774, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 29 Sep 1862  (Age 88 years)   5. William Wells,   b. 1775, , Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 1831, , Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 56 years)   6. Richard Wells,   b. 14 Apr 1777, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 14 Sep 1778, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 1 years)   7. Thomas Wells,   b. 3 Apr 1778, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 14 Apr 1778, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 0 years)   8. Margaret Wells,   b. 20 Jul 1779, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1810, Amherst Point, , Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 30 years)   9. Ann Wells,   b. 14 Sep 1781, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 30 Sep 1781, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 0 years)   10. Elizabeth Wells,   b. 10 Oct 1783, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1783, , Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada  (Age 0 years)   11. Elizabeth Wells,   b. 6 Nov 1785, Point de Bute, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 11 Nov 1848  (Age 63 years)   12. John Wells,   b. 12 Mar 1787, , Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 7 May 1787, , Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age 0 years)   13. Joseph Dobson Wells,   b. 4 Jun 1789, , Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada ,   d. 31 Jan 1843  (Age 53 years)   14. Jane Wells,   b. 4 Apr 1791, Shelburne, , Nova Scotia, Canada ,   d. Aft 1872  (Age > 82 years)   15. Allen Wells,   b. Abt 1791,   d. Yes, date unknown   16. Avard Wells,   b. Abt 1793,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Bef 16 Nov 1742 - , , Yorkshire, England Baptised - 16 Nov 1742 - Thirsk, , Yorkshire, England Married - 15 Feb 1767/8 - Thirsk, , Yorkshire, England AltDeath - 1819 - Point de Bute, , New Brunswick, Canada Obituary - Halifax Journal - 12 Jul 1819 - Halifax, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Buried - - Point de Bute Cemetery, Point de Bute, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S171] LDS Ancestral File, Extracted from AF Oct 1997. [S172] E-Mail: Les Bowser - 12 Nov 1997, Thirsk Register (Reliability: 3). [S695] Obituaries: General, William Wells, Halifax Journal, Halifax, NS, 12 Jul 1819 (e-mail from Barb Henderson).